School: Collon (B.) (roll number 14578)
- Location:
- Collon, Co. Louth
- Teacher: B. Mac Searraigh
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- A dash churn is about 2 feet wide and about 2½ feet at the bottom. The side are round. It is about 5 years old. There is no mark on the side or bottom of the churn. Strangers who come in always help with the churning for it is said it brings luck to the churning. The churn dash is always moved upwards and downwards and at the end it is given a rolling motion to gather the butter. Water is always used when churning to gather the cream. The butter is lifted out with a strainer and is put on a butter-dish and salted and clapped.
- Our churn is about 4 feet tall, 2 feet wide on the top and about 1½ feet wide on the bottom. It is round. It is about 9 years old. When the butter is made the butter is one big lump on the churn(continues on next page)
